Post by: Thomas S. England on February 14, 2013, 09:26:01 AM
Recently I've seen that a new version of some of these folders are being created with the same name as the existing ones, and my Rules send my selected messages there.
If I empty that new folder & delete and folder, it will come back.
Now, I'm a newbie to iCloud so my speculation is that my folder structure doesn't quite match between the machines, so iCloud is trying to do it for me. Or maybe it's not iCloud at all.
Googling has produced nothing useful, so I thought I would ask here. Anybody seen this before?
Post by: Xairbusdriver on February 14, 2013, 09:35:28 AM
It may be best to have the rules set only on one machine.
At least for the iCloud account. I don't have more than one actual computer accessing my Mac account, so I've no experience doing what you are. I DO have an iPad and an iPhone which also access that account, but that's not exactly the same scheme. And, of course, those mobile machines don't have the rules functions. 
The only other thing I can think of is that the Rules are slightly different on the Macs, or that the Rules may be. OTOH, it may just be the way the two Macs are Syncing.
Boy, with 'help' like this, who needs Windows?!
I'll see if another searcher (me) can find anything on the webs...
Post by: Xairbusdriver on February 14, 2013, 10:06:59 AM
- <Achieving Email Bliss with IMAP, Gmail, and Apple Mail, TidBITS, Joe Kissell>
Post by: krissel on February 14, 2013, 09:45:29 PM
Post by: Thomas S. England on February 15, 2013, 12:11:16 PM
QUOTE(krissel @ Feb 14 2013, 10:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Can you take a screen shot of the folder listing in the Mail left panel on each machine? See if some are listed in a different location in the hierarchy. Post them here if you wish and we can take a look.
Here's how they're set up on the 2 computers. I know there are differences, but what should I do about it?
Post by: Xairbusdriver on February 15, 2013, 01:33:52 PM
Secondly, the hierarchy is just the same on the two machines, thus the items I mentioned above. More importantly may be the different spellings of at least two mailboxes; the "Teaching" folder is under two different main folders, there is a difference in the spelling of the sub-folder in that Teaching folder: "my notes" is not the same as "My notes".
I would suggest first arranging all the folders in the same order on both computers, I think it would just make it easier to find things.
Naturally, it would help to see differences in spellings as well as missing folders/mailboxes. Then, compare the rules in both computers. Unfortunately, I don't know of a way to print those out or export as text files that could then be compared digitally. If you do have an iCloud account, you can upload/store your rules there (iCloud Documents & Data) and at least have the same ones be applied with both computers. As an aside, I might select a font or font size that allowed the displaying of descenders of the folder/mailbox labels; right now the descender of a "y" is cut off and sure looks like a "v"! Or just use only uppercase characters? Or just ignore my whining! 
Frankly, I just don't think Apple planned on having more than one computer connected for each person. "Multiple devices" seems to mean A computer and An iPad and/or An iPhone, but not two of anything!
And I often see a message on my iPad or iPhone that shows up as UNread, but I have already read on my iMac. This may also have something to do with how I have Syncing set up, however.
Post by: Thomas S. England on February 15, 2013, 04:05:16 PM
QUOTE(Xairbusdriver @ Feb 15 2013, 02:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I believe this is what was pointed out in the TidBITS article "my notes" is not the same as "My notes".
I would suggest first arranging all the folders in the same order on both computers If you do have an iCloud account, you can upload/store your rules there (iCloud Documents & Data) and at least have the same ones be applied with both computers.
I would suggest first arranging all the folders in the same order on both computers If you do have an iCloud account, you can upload/store your rules there (iCloud Documents & Data) and at least have the same ones be applied with both computers.
That's exactly what I suspect most of all, that since the folders are arranged a bit differently, iCloud is forcing the issue. Hadn't noticed the difference in "My Notes" vs "my notes."
I still find iCloud confusing--especially knowing which computer is the dominant one.
Thanks for your thoughts, I'll play with it & see what happens...